RE: [Exim] Exim & Cyrus

> > I have exim 3.22 and Cyrus 2.0.12 IMAP server installed on our RH Linux7.1
> > box and I want all mail delivered to the cyrus imap server. I've added
>
> > local_delivery:
> > driver = pipe
> > command = "/usr/cyrus/bin/deliver ${local_part}"
> > user = cyrus
> > return_output
> > log_output
> > prefix =
> > suffix =
>
>
> > localuser:
> > driver = localuser
> > transport = local_delivery
>
>
> > to exim.conf, but delivering mail to the cyrus server doesn't work. I keep
> > getting:
> > localuser director declined for cyrususr: no such user
>
> > What else is needed to have mail delivered to cyrus imap server?


Hi Bernard:

Thanks for your prompt reply.

> try piping a test mail (from a text file) into /usr/cyrus/bin/deliver
> ${local_part}:
>
> $ cat testmail | /usr/cyrus/bin/deliver user
>
> as user cyrus and look what happens. Once you can do this successfully from
> the command line (ie the mail gets delivered into the user's mailbox), you can
> test your exim config. But until then it's not an exim problem.


I did what you suggested and the file contents got delivered, i.e. I could
see it through pine or netscape messenger in the cyrus inbox.
But exim still keeps giving the same error.

Üllar